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vandermolen

#18160
June 07, 2020, 08:17:35 AM
Gunnar de Frumerie
Cello Concerto
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

kyjo

#18161
June 07, 2020, 08:35:17 AM
Quote from: Biffo on June 07, 2020, 02:04:43 AM
Sibelius: Six Humoresques for violin and orchestra - Dong-Suk Kang violin with the Lahti Symphony Orchestra conducted by Osmo Vanska

Such delightful miniatures, yet still unmistakably Sibelius!
"Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music" - Sergei Rachmaninoff

kyjo

#18162
June 07, 2020, 08:36:37 AM
Quote from: Madiel on June 07, 2020, 05:39:02 AM
Tubin, Balalaika Concerto



I'm not completely sold on the solo instrument yet, but 2nd impressions are better than my 1st a few years ago.

Tbh, that work exceeded my expectations. It is Tubin, after all! 8)
"Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music" - Sergei Rachmaninoff

Mirror Image

#18163
June 07, 2020, 08:43:06 AM
Myaskovsky SQs Nos. 7 & 8 -

Todd

#18164
June 07, 2020, 08:57:56 AM



Disc 4.
The universe is change; life is opinion. - Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

People would rather believe than know - E.O. Wilson

Propaganda death ensemble - Tom Araya

Panem et Artificialis Intelligentia

Todd

#18165
June 07, 2020, 10:57:51 AM


8.
The universe is change; life is opinion. - Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

People would rather believe than know - E.O. Wilson

Propaganda death ensemble - Tom Araya

Panem et Artificialis Intelligentia

Mirror Image

#18166
June 07, 2020, 11:05:53 AM
Myaskovsky's Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2

MusicTurner

#18167
June 07, 2020, 11:10:44 AM Last Edit: June 07, 2020, 11:13:11 AM by MusicTurner
Some recent JPC offers:

Alexei Stanchinsky - Piano works /Derzhavina /profil CD

Henry Purcell - Dido & Aeneas /Scholars Baroque Ensemble /naxos CD

Giovanni Valentini - Musica Concertante /cpo CD


The Valentini and Stanchinsky are recommendable, Valentini is a pleasant little surprise & was very popular in his own days; the Naxos Dido isn't particularly memorable, but okayish.

Sergeant Rock

#18168
June 07, 2020, 11:47:41 AM
Bruckner Symphony No. 3 D minor, Dohnányi conducting the Cleveland




Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Todd

#18169
June 07, 2020, 11:59:21 AM



The Emperor.
The universe is change; life is opinion. - Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

People would rather believe than know - E.O. Wilson

Propaganda death ensemble - Tom Araya

Panem et Artificialis Intelligentia

Symphonic Addict

#18170
June 07, 2020, 12:18:46 PM
Nielsen: Helios Overture
Bax: Christmas Eve

The current annihilation of a people on this planet (you know which one it is) is the most documented and at the same time the most preposterously denied. The terror IS REAL more than ever!

Symphonic Addict

#18171
June 07, 2020, 12:20:31 PM
Quote from: kyjo on June 07, 2020, 08:36:37 AM
Tbh, that work exceeded my expectations. It is Tubin, after all! 8)

+1

And let's not forget his Double Bass Concerto.
The current annihilation of a people on this planet (you know which one it is) is the most documented and at the same time the most preposterously denied. The terror IS REAL more than ever!

Roasted Swan

#18172
June 07, 2020, 01:01:28 PM
Quote from: Iota on June 07, 2020, 07:51:47 AM



Sorry, can't remember who originally posted this, but I made a mental note to listen to it and now I have I must say I enjoyed it a lot. My enjoyment following an approximate steady rise as the cd progressed.

He seems to nicely mix big romantic gesture with Ravel/Szymanowski-type harmony, writes some captivating introductions (last 2 tracks spring to mind), and I was not unpleasantly taken aback by his occasional habit of breaking into some avant la lettre Kapustin-like jazz riffs in unexpected places.

My interest is piqued. Am now trying the Organ Symphony No.1.

His 2nd Organ Symphony is my favourite.  Try the Piano Quintet too - a very powerful and moving work.  Its his 'In Memoriam' for his son (killed in WW1); "En ex-voto à la mémoire de mon cher fils Jacques mort pour La France à 17 ans".  Vierne wrote more; "I will make something powerful, grandiose and strong.... as for me, the last to bear my name, I will bury him in a roaring of thunder, not in a plaintive bleating of a resigned and blissful sheep." 

Sergeant Rock

#18173
June 07, 2020, 01:02:21 PM
Havergal Brian Symphonic Variations on "Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly?" and The Cenci: Preludio tragico, Garry Walker conducting the BBC Scottish




Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Mirror Image

#18174
June 07, 2020, 01:23:35 PM
The 1st:

JBS

#18175
June 07, 2020, 01:24:40 PM
From the Fromm set


The Sestina is a very gnarly work.  Kind of like Erwartung. I can't say I liked it, but it was certainly interesting and well composed.  It would need multiple listens to properly digest it.  If Amazon is correct, there is no other recording of it.  This performance has been uploaded to YouTube for those interested.

The Lamentations was easier for me. As best I remember I have never heard it before. This is apparently some sort of excerpted or abridged performance, as it's only 19 minutes long.

Hollywood Beach Broadwalk

ritter

#18176
June 07, 2020, 01:29:13 PM
Quote from: JBS on June 07, 2020, 01:24:40 PM
From the Fromm set


The Sestina is a very gnarly work.  Kind of like Erwartung. I can't say I liked it, but it was certainly interesting and well composed.  It would need multiple listens to properly digest it.  If Amazon is correct, there is no other recording of it.  This performance has been uploaded to YouTube for those interested.

The Lamentations was easier for me. As best I remember I have never heard it before. This is apparently some sort of excerpted or abridged performance, as it's only 19 minutes long.
Interesting, thanks. AFAIK you're right,  there's no other recording of the Sestina. And yes, the full Lamentatio has a duration of well above one hour....

SonicMan46

#18178
June 07, 2020, 01:52:29 PM
Vanhal, Johann (1739-1813) - last few days, I've been going through my modest Vanhal collection (just over a dozen discs) listening mainly to Symphonies and String Quartets, but also some of his chamber wind music - the last one below is a 'new' addition today, an MP3 DL burned to CD-R and now playing on my den stereo - sounds great!  Dave :)

P.S. I've 're-activated' the dormant Vanhal thread - so for those interested, take a look!
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Mirror Image

#18179
June 07, 2020, 01:55:03 PM
Going through Boris Tchaikovsky's symphonies...now the 2nd:

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